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READ BY STEPHANIE ZIMBALIST & LOLITA DAVIDOVICH
Invariably when one hears about twins born
conjoined in one way or another, the questions that come up
are numerous. How can they do this or that? Do they think separately?
Does one hurt and not the other? This book relates a most amazing
story that will help answer many of those questions, but more
importantly, it describes the lives and personalities of Rose
and Ruby. Rose and Ruby were born conjoined at their skulls
and sharing a blood supply. When their 16-year-old mother abandoned
them, they were adopted by Lovey, an attending nurse, and her
husband Stash. Now approaching 30 years old, Rose has decided
to write her autobiography and convinces Ruby to add her viewpoint
to the finished work.
Lori Lansens has created characters who, although
they could have been considered curiosities, emerge as typical
sisters, close and loving at times and argumentative at others.
The book explores the conflicts between their physical closeness
and their desires to lead independent lives. The situations
they describe capture the listener's attention and hold it
throughout the book.
Rose and Ruby's narrations are spoken by two
well-known actresses, Stephanie Zimbalist and Lolita Davidovich.
They do such an excellent job of interpreting Rose and Ruby's
stories that I felt that the two sisters were talking to me
personally.
This book is easy for me to recommend highly.
It kept me spellbound, and answers to my questions came about
almost as if I was asking them of Rose herself. Lori Lansens
researched the subject of conjoined twins extensively and
provided an informative as well as engaging description of
the physical and emotional aspects of the lives of Ruby and
Rose. The writing and the narration were so realistic that
I had to keep reminding myself that I was listening to a novel,
and not to a talk show interview.
